Chapter 1986

Like silver that had been rubbed hard, or steel under sunlight.

But right now it wasn't under sunlight — it was inside the arms factory.

To think it could still shine this brightly.

The gold-steel ingot's weight was nothing special, about the same as ordinary steel.

Although Zhao Chi had never actually used one, he still knew the grade of these two materials.

Dark-iron ingots were standard rare materials, on the same level as moon-glow stone and golden sandalwood.

Roughly speaking, they could be seen as a rare version of iron ingots.

Of course they were also very expensive, and very hard to buy — after all, no one sold them.

And gold-steel ingots belonged to high-grade rare materials, on the same level as Tang Ruan's current jade armor.

Roughly, they could be seen as a rare version of steel ingots.

Normally, dark-iron ingots could add 10 improvement points, while these gold-steel ingots could add 20.

These materials were absolutely worth a fortune.

He should thank this first wife later.

Begin crafting immediately.

First, of course, use dark iron to craft — after all, the elven bow had never been made before, and dark iron was a bit easier, so Zhao Chi could take the chance to familiarize himself.

Let's begin!

Weapon and equipment crafting times were usually very long.

This elven bow's crafting time was about the same as the Moon-Chasing Spear — both 20 hours.

Most of the time was spent on repeated heating.

The actual forging time wasn't long.

Fortunately, with Zhuang Ya around, this time could be drastically reduced.

Zhuang Ya 【Zhao Chi, what if I use "Flame Covenant"? I've tried it — it's effective for forging too】

Zhao Chi 【Really? Use it】

Zhuang Ya 【But there's a battle coming up soon, is it okay to spend 100 points of spiritual power now?】

Zhao Chi 【It's fine, use it freely!】

Zhuang Ya 【Roger~!】

Flame Covenant.

It was a gift Li Ruanyu had given Zhuang Ya earlier — after use, it consumed 100 points of spiritual power and increased all flame effects by 50%.

So in theory it was also effective for forging — heating faster, and with higher flame temperature.

A dazzling light appeared.

Zhuang Ya's whole body lit up with a faint fiery glow, looking as though she were gently burning.

But she herself felt nothing — only the flame in her hand had changed from orange-red to bright yellow.

Zhao Chi remembered that flame color was also related to temperature.

The warmer the color, the lower the temperature.

And the cooler the color, the higher the temperature.

For example, a red flame wasn't as hot as an orange one, and an orange flame wasn't as hot as a yellow one.

If the flame's color reached blue or even purple, the temperature would be much higher.

Now the flame in Zhuang Ya's hand had completely turned bright yellow — a visible improvement.

Then let's actually test the effect.

Yellow flames surged from Zhuang Ya's fair left hand, and a red spot appeared at the center of the pitch-black dark-iron ingot.

Quickly, the spot spread, also changing from red to yellow.

Before long, the entire dark-iron ingot had become a glowing yellow block of iron.

Zhao Chi immediately brought his hammer down.

Clang!

The dark-iron ingot was flattened outright!?

Like a tangerine that had been stepped on.

There hadn't been this kind of force before.

Zhuang Ya was also baffled 【My lord, my strength hasn't broken through】

Zhao Chi 【It's not because of strength, it's because of temperature】

Zhuang Ya 【Temperature?】

Zhao Chi 【Right. Before, iron ingots only needed to be heated to red before they could be hammered. When red, the ingot did soften, but there was still some hardness left. But this time the ingot was heated to yellow, so it was softer — one hammer blow and it turned out like this】

Zhuang Ya 【Doesn't that mean… not only has our heating speed gotten faster, but our forging and hammering speed can improve quite a lot too?】

Zhao Chi 【Exactly!】

Zhuang Ya 【Wow, then our weapon and equipment crafting efficiency can take another big leap forward!】

Zhao Chi 【That's right, Zhuang Ya — you're getting stronger and stronger】

Zhuang Ya 【Sister Ruanyu deserves half the credit. I have to thank her properly later】

Zhao Chi 【Just get along well with each other. She was actually quite nervous before, worried she wouldn't be able to get along with you all】

Zhuang Ya 【We definitely will. She's a capable person, and we all respect her. My lord, time is tight — let's start crafting】

Zhao Chi 【Good, let's begin!】

With dull metallic sounds ringing out one after another, a brand-new elven bow was finished.

Only, the bow body was pitch-black.

The bowstring, however, was snow-white, contrasting sharply with the bow body's color.

And this Elven Bow was very light!

Extremely light.

It didn't look like it was made of dark iron at all.

It seemed even lighter than an iron bow?

But there was no time to worry about that now.

Hurry up and modify it!

Modification is the main event.

【The current item still has unallocated modification points. Proceed with allocation?】

Naturally.

Click allocation.

【Please select modification direction】

【Elven Bow Modification Points】 35 points

"1. Range +5%" 10 points

"2. Attack +5%" 10 points

"3. Attack Speed +5%" 10 points

"4. Accuracy +5%" 10 points

"5. Penetration +5%" 5 points

"6. Durability +10%" 2 points

"7. Handling +10%" 1 point

"8. Weight -5%" 1 point

【Elven Exclusive Modifications】

"1. Movement Speed +10%" 10 points

"2. Draw Weight -10%" 10 points

"3. Stamina Cost -10%" 10 points

"4. Sound -50%" 5 points

There were way too many options!

The first half was fine — basically standard modification options.

He'd seen roughly the same ones when modifying the Phoenix Cry Blade and the Moon-Chasing Spear before.